This study utilizes the in-house parallel direct simulation Monte Carlo–quantum dynamics method to model the aerodynamic flowfield of a spiked reentry vehicle within a rarefied high-altitude atmosphere. Investigating the flight of spiked aircraft under various flight conditions and spike sizes and considering both the real gas effect and the rarefied gas effect, the aerodynamic characteristic of the aircraft is evaluated. Performance evaluation for effectiveness in drag reduction and thermal protection is based on drag and the maximum stagnation heat flux coefficient at the vehicle’s shoulder. Findings indicate that, in the rarefied atmosphere, the distinction between the characteristic shock intensities of spiked and unspiked vehicles is not pronounced, which results in a drag reduction of approximately 5%, accompanied by a more than 100% increase in thermal effect on the vehicle’s shoulder, obviously poor in effectiveness. Subsequently, this study examines the spiked vehicle equipped with a lateral jet, and this augmented approach achieves a marked reduction in the intensity of the shock wave impacting the vehicle’s shoulder with a drag reduction exceeding 10% and attenuates the thermal impact by over 50% in comparison to the implementation of spiking alone, thereby demonstrating superior performance in terms of effectiveness.


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    Title :

    Drag and Thermal Reduction of Spiked Hypersonic Vehicle in Thermochemical Nonequilibrium


    Contributors:
    Wang, Runxiang (author) / Zhang, Sicheng (author) / Liu, Xiaobo (author) / Ding, Dongming (author) / Zhang, Bin (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2025-03-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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